Transcendence & Divine Passion: The Queen Mother of the West in Medieval China

by Suzanne Cahill

Book Overview

A Stanford University Press classic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804725845
• ISBN13: 9780804725842
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent study of a world-class goddess

Cahill's study explores the prehistoric roots and historic development of one of the world's greatest goddess cults. Starting with shamanic tales so paleolithic they echo with subconscious memory, the goddess Xi Wang Mu transmutes into a refined lady with powers over death, birth, and immortality. Her cult becomes a spiritual path for Daoist women which has influenced popular religion down to the present. This book is scholarly, but it could win converts.